Hair-curling device



March 18, 1924. 1,487,637

J. G. WHITE HAIR CURLING DEVICE Filed April- 4 1922 1521 611601 J. 6.TV/u'ie.

dl llarna y Patented Mar. 18, 1924.

UNITED STATES JULIUS G. WHITE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

HAIR-CURLING DEVICE.

Application filed April 4, 1922. Serial No. 549,482

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUS G. IVHITE, a citizen of Canada, residing atSan Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California,have invented new and useful Improvements in Hair-Curling Devices, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in hair curling devices and hasfor its principal object to provide means formed integral with one ofthe arms of the curler and adapted to prevent a cutting or breaking ofthe hair of the user when a curl is being formed on the device.

Another object of this invention is to provide a novel form of closuremeans for detachably connecting the two ends of the arms together whilethe device is in use such means being so constructed that accidentaldisplacement of the two arms is reduced to a minimum.

A further object of this invention is to produce a device of thecharacter described which is simple in construction, economical tomanufacture, highly serviceable in use and one which is strong anddurable.

Other objects and advantages will be ap parent during the course of thefollowing description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and inwhich like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout thesame,

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of the device in an unlocked position,

- Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the device in a closed position, and

Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

I am aware that other hair curlers or wavers have been devised whichconsists of a narrow strip of resilient material folded upon itself toform two opposing arms upon one of which the hair is usually wound sothat the curl is formed with the other of the arms adapted to be engagedby the first mentioned arm. These curling devices as a rule have atendency to cause a breaking or cutting of the hair when the haircontacts with the sharp edges of the hair supporting arm. To overcomethis disadvantage and to provide the trade with a device which willavoid the tendency of a breaking or cutting of the hair I haveconstructed one arm of the curler of such form as to overcome the abovementioned disadvantage and have also separated two of the arms and havethus provided a novel hinged connection, whereby should one of the armsbecome broken or useless a new arm can be readily substituted withoutmaking the entire device worthless.

In the accompanying drawings wherein for the purpose of illustration isshown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 designates aresilient strip preferably made of spring stock which has formed thereona lateral extension 6 which acts as a guard, the purpose of which willbe hereinafter described.

Hingedly connected at 7 to the end opposite to that on which the guardis mount ed is one extremity of a substantially straight arm 8 which hasits marginal edges 9 and 10 folded for the purpose of not onlyreenforcing the arm 8 but also preventing a cutting or breaking of thehair of the user when the said hair is desired to be curled. This arm 8terminates at one end thereof in a pointed extremity 11 which is adaptedto be received beneath the guard 6 for the pur pose of holding thedevice in a closed position when a curl is being formed.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown anddescribed is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and thatvarious changes in the shape, size and arrangement of par-ts may beresorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or thescope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim A hair curler comprising apair of arms, one of said arms being resilient and slotted adjacent oneextremity and having formed on its opposite extremity a lateralextension, the other of said arms being provided with a pointed freeextremity and having horizontally extending beads formed substantiallythroughout the length of the arm,

the last mentioned arm being reduced adj acent its opposite extremityand continuing. into an integrally rounded portion adapted to bereceived in the slot of the resilient arm.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JULIUS e. WHITE.-

